Portable blacking-stand



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

. G. W. BROWNE.

PORTABLE BLAGKING STAND.

Patemtgd Apr. 22, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

iEORGE- XV. BROlVNE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW'YORK.

PORTABLE lBLACKING-STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 426,23 4, dated April 22, 1890.

Application filed June 22, 1889. Serial No. 315,196, (No model.)

and readily transported from one place to another.

The invention consists of a foot-rest and a chair adapted to be folded on the said footrest.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be hereinafter fully described, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to behad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar letters of reference indicateV corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of the improvement ready for use. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same. spective view of the improvement as folded up, and Fig. EL is a sectional side elevation of the same.

The improved blacking-stand A is provided with a back B, erected on the rear end of a base C, supporting the sides D and D', connected with each other at the top by a transverse plate E, carrying on its top the box F, having a front lid F', andserving to store On the top of the box. F are secured the shoe forms G, on which the party desiring to have his boots blacked can rest his feet.

In the space formed between the sides D D', part of the back B, and the base C is fitted a drawer Il, also serving to store the blacking utensils and other articles. Between the box F and the back B, on top of the bottom plate E, is held another box I, located between the shoe forms G and provided on top with a lid l'. This box I serves a similar purpose to the box F.

On the back B are arranged and hinged thereto the side plates J and J', extending rearward in line with the sides D D'. On

Fig. 3 is a per-V top of the back B and the sides J and J' is adapted to rest a cha-ir K, provided with a seat L, hinged at its front end to the top edge of the back B. The chair K is also provided with a back N and the side rails O and O', as plainly shown in the dra-wings. In order to fasten thc chair K to the side plates J and J', each of the latter is provided with a hook J 2, engaging an eye L at the rear edge of the seat L, as is plainly shown in Fig. 2. To the upper end of the back N of the chair K is hinged a transversely-extending board P, adapted to lock the drawer Il in place when the stand is folded up, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

On the under side of the seat L is secured a handle Q, serving for conveniently pushing the blacking-stand when folded up. To the rear of thc back B are secured suitable brackets R, in which is mounted to turn a transversely-extending shaft S, carrying the wheels T. On the rear of the back B, at U', is pivoted an L-shaped bracket U, carrying on its outer end a small wheel V. A short arin U2 extends from the bracket U and is adapted to pass onto the base C when the stand is folded np, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. A fastening device W', of any desired construct-ion, is held on the base C, and serves to loch said extension-arm U2 to the base, as is plainly shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

On the under side of the base (l are arranged a number of projections C2, and similar projections J i are formed on the lower edges of the sides of the plates J and J', as shown in the drawings. The projections C2 and J 4 serve to conveniently hold the stand in place by embedding themselves in the ground.

When the stand is folded up, the side plates J and J are fastened in place on the back N of the chair K by hooks N', secured on the back N of the chair K, and adapted to engage eyes J g, formed on one edge of the respective plate J or J', as is plainly shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The back il of the chair K is preferably surrounded on three sides by a low railing N2, serving to hold papers and other articles when the stand is folded up, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4:. SVhen the stand is set up, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2,the side plates J and J' support the seat L of the chair K,

the latter being locked in place by the hooks J2. The stand can now be used in the same manner asthe ordinary iixed stands.

Vhen the owner of the stand desires to move from one place to another, he first unhooks the hooks J 2, then swings the chair K forward, so that the ends of the railing N2 rest on the tops of the sides D and D. The board P is swung in line with the back N of the chair K, and fastened by its hook P on an eye C held in the base C. (See Fig. Il.) The operator then swings the side piates J and J to the front against the outsides of the sides D and D and the sides of the chair K. The operator now fastens the side plates J and J in place by moving the hooks N on the back N into the eyes J ou the said sides. Theseveral parts are now locked in place and the operator tips the device over so that it restsv on the Wheels T T. The operator also swings the bracket U forward, so that the extension-arm U2 fits against the base C, and the said extension-arm is locked in place by tlre catch lV, so that the entire device now rests on the three Wheels V and T T. The operator now takes hold of the handle Q, and by pushing the saine can conveniently-transport the blacking-stand to any desired place.

The lids F and l are preferably provided Wit-h suitable locks or bolts for locking them in place.

Having thus fully described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A blacking-stand comprising a base havingr avertical back and provided With a footrest, sides hinged to the side edges of the back, and a top hinged to the upper edge of the said back, substantially as described.

2. In a blacking-stand, the combination, with a base having aback and provided with a foot-rest, of a chair hinged at its front edge to the upper end of the back, whereby the chair is adapted to be folded down over the foot-rest, with its back against the base, substantially as described.

3. Iii a portable blacking-stand, the coinbin`ation,with a base having a back and provided with a foot-rest, of Wheels journaled in brackets projecting from the rear face of the back, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a portable blacking-stand, the com bination, with a folding casing consisting of a base having a back and hinged top and sides, of Wheels secured to the rear face of the back, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. A portable blackingstand comprising a folding'casing consisting of hinged sections, one of the sections forming a seat which when not in use is inclosed in the casing, and Wheels secured to the back section of the casing and adapted to be inclosed in the casing when the seat is in use, substantially as described.

6. In a portable blacking-stand, the combination, with a back and sides hinged thereto, of a seat hinged at its front edge to the upper end of the back, substantially as described.

7. In a portable blacking-stand, the combination, with aback and sides hinged thereto, of a seathinged at its' front edge to the upper end of the back, and Wheels secured to the rear of the back, substantially as and for the purpose speciiied.

S. ln a portable blacking-stand, the combination, with a base and a back secured to the rear edgethereof, of sides hinged to the sides of the back, aseat hinged at its front edge to the upper end of the back, and means for locking the seat to the sides When in use and to the base when not in use, substantially as described.

9. In a portable blaeking-stand, the cour bination, With a base and a back projecting' upward from its rear edge, of sides hinged to the sides of the back, a seat hinged at the upper end of the back, wheels on the rear face of theback, and means for locking the seat to the ysides when in use and to the base When not in use, substantially as described.

l0. ln a portable blacking-stand, the combination, with a base having a back projecting upward from its rear edge, side plates hinged to the sides of the back, and a chair having its seat hinged to the upper end of the back, of hangers projecting from the rear face of the back, Wheels journaled in said.

end of the back and provided With a sec' tional and hinged back, and means vfor locking the upper section of the seat to the base, substantially as herein shown and described.

' GEORGE W. BROWNE.

Witnesses:

THEO. G. HosTER, EDGAR TATE.

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